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1 Feb 2010, 5:37 pm by Cal Law
Rather, the report concluded that Bybee and Yoo exercised “poor judgment. [read post]
21 Feb 2010, 6:59 am by Jonathan H. Adler
At the Legal Ethics Forum, John Steele has an incredibly useful post rounding up links to documents and commentary related to the Justice Department’s OPR report on the  “torture memos” and AAG David Margolis’ memo, including drafts of the OPR report, responses from John Yoo and Jay Bybee’s lawyers and then-AG Michael Mukasey, and loads of blog commentary. [read post]
22 Feb 2010, 9:31 am by JB
Over at Slate, B'zation blogger and professional responsibility expert David Luban offers his analysis of the DOJ's decision. [read post]
19 Feb 2010, 6:05 pm by constitutional lawblogger
John Yoo's and Jay Bybee's memoranda as lawyers in the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel providing the legal basis for certain interrogation techniques--the torture memos--were "flawed," but reflected no professional misconduct, according to a memo released today from David... [read post]
30 Jan 2010, 10:10 am by Jonathan H. Adler
But the reviewer, career veteran David Margolis, downgraded that assessment to say they showed "poor judgment," say the sources. [read post]
28 Feb 2010, 4:45 am by Jonathan H. Adler
Via How Appealing comes this article from the Las Vegas Review-Journal reporting that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid believes Congress should defer to AAG David Margolis resolution of the OPR inquiry into the “torture memos. [read post]
17 Sep 2009, 4:49 pm
In the NYRB article "The Torture Memos: The Case Against the Lawyers," David Cole (Georgetown) provides a brief rehearsal of the major arguments, legal authorities, and chronologies surrounding the attorneys Jay Bybee, John Yoo, Daniel Levin, and Steven Bradbury, the... [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 7:32 am
"A big gift for Bybee: Latham & Watkins gives judge $3.2 million worth of legal aid. [read post]
19 Feb 2010, 4:46 pm by JB
Upon reviewing the OPR's report and recommendations, Associate Deputy Attorney General David Margolis concluded in a 69 page memo that the DOJ should release the Office of Professional Responsibility report for public review but that the Justice Department would not refer a finding of misconduct to state and local bar committees where Yoo and Bybee are members.In deciding not to refer charges to state bar committees, Margolis does not tell us that Yoo and Bybee… [read post]
24 Oct 2011, 8:45 am by Joe Palazzolo
Bybee and Yoo won a decisive victory in January 2010, when Justice Department lawyer David Margolis decided against referring them to state bars for possible disciplining. [read post]
15 Nov 2006, 5:00 pm
Our colleague, David McGowan, discusses some of the problems with the war crimes petition made in German courts against then DOJ lawyers John Yoo and Jay Bybee. [read post]
30 Jan 2010, 12:08 pm by Jeralyn
 For Bybee, such a referral could have also led to an impeachment inquiry before Congress. [read post]
11 Mar 2007, 4:15 am
Bybee, and Christopher Bryant (Praeger, 2006) is reviewed by David Ponet, Department of Political Science, Columbia University, in the Law and Politics Book Review. [read post]
21 Apr 2009, 8:00 am
Blair, Director of National Intelligence, responding to the release of additional torture memos by Steven Bradbury, Jay Bybee, and John Yoo.MEMORANDUM FROM STEVEN BRADBURY, JAY BYBEE, AND JOHN YOO, OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL, TO JOHN RIZZO, GENERAL COUNSEL, CIA:You have asked for this Office's views on whether the technique known as "second-guessing" would violate the prohibition on torture found at Section 2340A of title 18 of the United States Code. [read post]
22 Feb 2010, 5:47 pm
Jurisprudence essays available online at Slate: Law professor David Luban has an essay entitled "David Margolis Is Wrong: The Justice Department's ethics investigation shouldn't leave John Yoo and Jay Bybee home free. [read post]
27 Feb 2010, 6:40 am by Jonathan H. Adler
”  David Luban critiqued Taylor’s article at Balkinization. [read post]
20 Feb 2010, 9:36 am by Orin Kerr
The Report of the Office of Professional Responsibility dated July 2009 is here, and the memo of Associate Deputy Attorney General David Margolis rejecting key findings of the OPR Report, dated January 2010, is here. [read post]
30 Jan 2010, 10:14 am by Ann Althouse
But the reviewer, career veteran David Margolis, downgraded that assessment to say they showed "poor judgment," say the sources. [read post]